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Game #3426

Aston Villa

15-5-8, 35 PTS

Saturday, 2 April 1977

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Drew

8th (-)

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

Division One

Bristol City

7-9-14, 23 PTS

Ashton Gate

Attendance: 27,958

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

Bristol City

0-0

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s) | None

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 2 April 1977

🕒 | HT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa
🕒 | FT Bristol City 0-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | Booking, John Gidman

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 2 April 1977

Ron Saunders' Villa make it fifteen wins, five draws and eight defeats in twenty eight division one games this season.

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1974-75

Bristol City

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Bristol City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Bristol City

Previous 5 vs. Bristol City: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 1976-77 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Match | #28 |
Manager Game | #144 |
Saturday, 2 April 1977

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🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978 🆘
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
FT Score: 🟨 0-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 144 | 🟩 | 68 🟨 | 39 🟥 37 | 1.69

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Derek Nippard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Christchurch, 1967-1978 🆘
Matches Officiated: 9
🟩 : 4
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
🆘 A defender, a fist, no goal, no penalty
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 September 1976, Villa 1-2 QPR, Loftus Road.
Cards: 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨

None

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Chris Nicholl and Alex Cropley return in place of Gordon Cowans and Leighton Phillips.

Starting XI Average Age
| 24.40 |

Oldest Player |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 | 30.49 |

Youngest Player |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.14 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Nicholl | 🇬🇧 |
CB Charlie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
FB John Robson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

MANAGER

Alan Dicks | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Bristol City

GK John Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Gary Collier | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Geoff Merrick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Norman Hunter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Donnie Gillies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
RB Gerry Sweeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Clive Whitehead | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Trevor Tainton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jimmy Mann | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Gerry Gow | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Keith Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Keith Fear | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Chris Garland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK John Burridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Squad Bios

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 2 April 1977, Villa 0-0 Bristol City, Ashton Gate.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

"We didn't play well at all. “We had a couple of spells in the second half when we began to look interesting for a while but basically we never got started. "For some reason we weren't doing the simple things well, as we normally do. “We tried to hit the clever pass instead of the easy one when there was just no need. “But we have a game on Tuesday [against Middlesbrough] which gives us an early chance to put things right." Ron Saunders. "We are in a difficult position. “We have to survive in in the First Division and that means we have to contain first and attack later. "That emphasis may mean that we are slow to break and that we are not a particularly entertaining watch.” Bristol City manager Alan Dicks.
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

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